Corset.



Patented May 12, 1914.

G. G. B. ALFREDS.

CORSET.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1913. 1,096,089.

CATHERINE C. B. ALFREDS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application filed June 14, 1918. Serial No.7'73,605.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CATHERINE C. B. AL- rnnns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook andv State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in corsets and consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The invention relates more particularly to that type of corset known as the long hip or long waist corset wherein the corset is provided with a skirt which extends below the corset stays to conne the fleshy portion of the hips and produce a narrow, straight hip eect. When such a corset as now constructed is worn, the wearer linde it very inconvenient, when peforming the natural excretory functions, on account of the bound condition of the muscles and organs of the bod covered by the skirt.

T e object of my invention is to produce a long hip corset which is free of the objection mentioned, while at the same time, retaining for the wearer, the desired straight hip figure effect under the usual conditions of standing and sitting.

The advantages of my improved corset will appear as I proceed with my specification.

In the drawings Figure 1 isla three quarter perspective view of a front lace corset made in accordance with my invention illustrating the parts of the corset in position when the wearer is in a standing position. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating the position of the parts of the corset as they are arranged when performing the natural excretory functions. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in rear elevation illustrating the manner in which the invention is applied to a long hip corset of the back lacing type.

Referring now to that embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 5 indicates the body of a front lacing corset. The said body is provided with the usual stays 6 which extend from the top of the corset downward to a line of stitching 7. The flexible material forming the body of the corset is extended below the line of stitching 7 to form a skirt 8 which comes to or below the hips of the wearer and may extend below the end of the spine.

The function of the skirt member 8 is to confine the hips and the fleshy parts of the body thereabout to produce a neat molded straight line figure effect and is constructed to lit the hips snugly.

In my improved corset of this type, I have provided in the skirt member a flap member 9 made from the same material as the body of the corset. The said Hap member 9 is located at the back of the corset and is of a depth equal the depth of the skirt 8. In width I find it preferable to extend it around at each side to where the rear hose supporters 11 are attached to the skirt 8. The saiol flap has lateral marginal extensions 1() provided with eyelet members 10a, 10a, which coact with shank members 12 of suitable snap fastening devices attached to the marginal parts of the skirt 8. This construction forms no projection in the wearers clothing noticeable from the outside and is so positioned as to be readily accessible for fastening or unfastening the snap fasteners.

The flap 9 when in the position illustrated in Fig.' l, wherein the wearer is shown as in a standing position, will stand the strain of the movement of the muscles under all conditions and act as a part of the skirt 8. lifhen seated, and after lifting her skirts, the wearer may easily detach the flap 9 and raise itV upwardly to the position shown in Fig. 2, when the rest of the skirt 8 is free to accommodate the muscles which will then assume their normal natural position. When the wearer is again in a standing position, the flap 9 is let down and attached to the skirt 8 and then becomes a part of said skirt.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated my invention as applied to what is known as a back-lacing corset. In this instance 15 indicates the body of the corset which comprises two half body sections 15a, 15a, joined together at the rear by means 'of a lacing 16, which extends from the top edge to the bottom edge of the` corset. 19 indicates the skirt members, one made inte ral with each half section 15a, and 20, 20 indicate flap memberssecured to each half section l5a at the line of stitching 18. The lacing 16 extends down below the corse! body proper and connects with the flap memhere Q0, 20. rfh@ lateral marginal parte of the flaps 20, 2O overlap the margins oi the Skirt and ooaoting` Snap fastening devices Said skirt part.i

swung upwardly, and means for detachably E 2l, 22 are provided as before or detachably In testimony, that I claim the foregoing 15 attaching the lateral edges of said flap to Securing the Hap members to the skirt asiny invention I aix my signature in the members. presence of two Witnesses, this llt-h day of I claim as my invention 5 June A. D. 1913. 1 A ooi-set having a main Stiffened body part CATHERINE C. B. ALFREDS. and an unstiftened skirt part proj eating below Titliesses Said body part, said unstiffenod skirt part GEO. RAYMOND VILKINS, including a flap at the back adapted to be i CLAUD F. BRENNAN.

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Washington, D. C. 

